Resources

Here are some resources that we’ve produced through the MAC Makes Music programme.
We’ve also listed other resources that we find useful.

Music with Children and Young People who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties

A resource for working musically with children and young people with SEMHD, particularly those excluded from mainstream school. 

MAC MEH Strategy Group: Musical Inclusion Strategy 2018 – 2021

This document outlines the shared content of the Musical Inclusion Strategies adopted by the five members of the MAC MEH Strategy Group: Birmingham Music Education Partnership, Coventry Music Education Hub, Sandwell Music Education Hub, Solihull Music Education Hub, and Worcestershire Music Education Hub.

A Short Guide to Working Inclusively Through Music

This guidance provides some helpful tips to working inclusively through music while in school settings. The information is aimed at visiting music teachers (peripatetic) but may also be useful for classroom teachers too.

MAC Makes Music Annual Review 2017 -18

This document is MAC Makes Music’s annual review for 2017-2018, written by Nicola Burke.

As a strategic partner of Youth Music, we regularly use the following guides and believe that they contain useful information to all musicians working in the sector:

• Youth Music Quality Framework 2017 edition
• A quality framework for use in music-making sessions working with young people in SEN/D settings
• Guidance for Music Education Hubs: developing an inclusive approach to the core and extension roles
• Taking an Outcomes Approach: From Planning to Evaluation

Here are some other documents that you might find interesting:

• THINK2020 Paper: Disabled People in the Music Education Workforce 2017
• The Short Guide to Accessible Music Education
• Making a Shift Report: Disabled People and the Arts and Cultural Sector Workforce in England: Understanding trends, barriers and opportunities. 
• Practical Progression: Supporting Musical Lives